Category: Horror

When generations pass there is always a battle against the development of newer ideas, in art this is even more apparent especially in music, television and of course movies. Horror is no stranger to this advancement, and many prefer the classics with their simplistic styles of fear and little to no blood, others like the…

The thunder clapped in the church, all the members of the congregation thought they could hear a low growl, the night of August 4, 1577 the townspeople of Bungay were praying when an emissary of the devil began to charge the area of the church with pounding howls drowning out their kneeling calls to God….

The Belko Experiment is “Lord Of The Flies” meets “Cube” in this absolute assault on human decency. The film displays various subjugations on the nature of man and if we are inherently violent with a compulsion to destroy human life in order to save our own, or if we have over years of civilization built…

Pennywise The Dancing Clown or also known as Mr. Bob Grey… What is he? Where did he come from? What is the purpose of his slumber and eating of children’s meat saturated with fear? These are questions and debates that have filled message rooms at the far edges of the internet and are ever increasing…

For thousands of years dogs and humans have lived with an unspoken bond, ever since wolves evolved into cooperation with mankind our mutual understanding and trust has been beneficial to both species. Though not all men have had the noblest and truest intentions breaking that trust, every year millions of dogs are released into the…

If you follow my blog it’s clear that I consider the 80’s the Golden Age of Horror, I am a huge fan of practical effects as well as giant monsters in the “Natural Horror” genre and the 1980’s was abundant with both. There is a film that without question clearly holds all these qualities,an Ozploitation…

In the age of Saw it is difficult to make a well constructed smart horror, the eight sequels have failed adding nothing more than gore porn. Don’t Hang Up decently recreates smart horror in more of a reproduction than homage but what movie is not a duplicate from the story that preceded it? Two high…

Horror Anthologies bring together separate short films into a larger landscape to create one cohesive frightfest for the delight of the fans, there have been many great ones over the years but none can compare to the legacy of Creepshow. In 2007 a documentary was released called Just Desserts: The Making of Creepshow revealing some of…

Epic battles are a staple fascination in culture, not only in real life but in fiction as well, for years fervent horror fans called for the ultimate battle between Jason Vorhees and Freddy Krueger to finally decide who will be the king of slashers. We received in my opinion a well displayed slasher with a…

Don’t Knock Twice is a modern reinvention of bloody mary, similar to how Candyman created it’s own urban myth this English film could be a considered a fairy tale of witches and demons with an urban legend ambiance. Chloe seeks refuge with her estranged mother Jess played by Katee Sackhoff, (Oculus, Battlestar Galactica) her friend…

To say horror fans are divisive on movies would be an understatement, though sometimes we may disagree on what is considered good or crap I think it should be remembered and understood what matters is our shared enthusiasm for the genre. Howard Lovecraft put it best when said “Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places.”…